For a moment, the 50-yard line at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, was the media capital of the world. As the San Francisco 49ers were warming up for a Sept. 21 game against the Arizona Cardinals, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell caught the eye of Neal Mohan. The YouTube CEO, flanked by a handful of…
Three-time breast cancer survivor Hui Wai-yee has become a pillar of Hong Kong’s breast cancer support community. Through her volunteer work with the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation (HKBCF), she provides comfort, practical help, and encouragement to other patients, earning her a place as a finalist in this year’s Spirit of Hong Kong Awards in…
Jessica ParkerBerlin correspondent NurPhoto via Getty Images Under the plans, it will be compulsory for men to fill out a questionnaire at the age of 18, but optional for women Plans to re-introduce military service in Germany have been thrown into chaos because of an 11th hour row amongst the governing parties. A compromise, which…
Pakistan’s support for their cause rooted in principles of justice, international law Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday reaffirmed that the establishment of a strong and viable Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders and Al Quds Al Sharif as its capital remained the bedrock of Pakistan’s Middle East policy…
He said no other country had such an efficient system to help citizens during crises KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that Sindh is not competing with any city or province in Pakistan but with the developed nations of the world, asserting that the province’s progress represents a collective national…
Nick Trotta’s 10-year-old son had a request. He told his dad that he was the biggest fan of the ABC sitcom “Abbott Elementary” and hoped to see baseball integrated into the show. Trotta, who is Major League Baseball’s VP of global media and licensing, spoke with Carolyn Lehman, the league’s head of development for original…
WNYC, New York’s top public radio station, is launching a major fundraising initiative in the wake of the Trump administration’s successful rescission of funding for public media. The initiative will include this year’s Stand with Public Media gala, which will honor CBS Late Show host Stephen Colbert and his wife, producer and arts advocate Evelyn…
The Philippines is weighing a plan to become one of the first countries in the world to publish and track its national budget using blockchain technology, as lawmakers scramble to restore public trust following a series of corruption-tainted infrastructure projects. Proponents say the technology, which uses a tamper-resistant digital ledger to record transactions in real…
RAWALPINDI: Former prime minister Imran Khan has warned that rising tensions with Afghanistan could increase the threat of terrorism. He has laid stress on finding a political, not a military solution to the issue. “Imran said the PTI strongly condemns all forms of terrorism but believes that the solution lies in political dialogue. Military strikes…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has acknowledged she is “looking at tax and spending”, ahead of her autumn Budget next month. Reeves said she would “always make sure the numbers add up”, in an interview with Sky news against a backdrop of slow economic growth and mounting government debt. The chancellor has previously hinted at tax rises,…
